taj_ryait
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Registered: 18th Jan 04
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Hit a curb at 55mph and the edge of the rim has split inward. Got 17" Dare V2. How can these be fixed?
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martynbez
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Registered: 8th Jun 04
Location: Welling, Greater London
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has it cracked? or just bent?
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M16KE B
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Registered: 24th Feb 04
Location: Stirling
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It may be the case that the wheel has buckled and may not balance up right, at that speed its possible. if it were me, id get a new rim, just for peace of mind. If its just bent im sure there are companies that can straighten them out, my dad had a 19" rim straightned once im sure.
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Drysdale
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Registered: 20th May 04
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Do you mean the edge of the rim has bent in towards the tyre so the tyre edge is overlapping? I'd get it checked out at a balancing garage as this could result in all kinds of things..internal puncturing, un-balanced wheels, degrading tracking.. just for peace of mind get it checked.
If its just a case of cosmetic breakage then any alloy wheel refurbisher should be able to sort it out cheaply.
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taj_ryait
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Registered: 18th Jan 04
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tyre in fine but the edge that gets curbed has fold in, eg alloy being hit with a chisel from tyre side inwards
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LukeGSi
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Take it to a tyre place and get them to check its not buckled then take it to be refurbed, iirc about 40 notes a rim 
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taj_ryait
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its not buckled car drives fine it just got the corner
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